this month at russell (november 2014)

8/10/2019 This month at Russell (November 2014)

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K5 Kidsmeet from 6-7pm. Dontmiss the fun,fellowshipand FOOD!

The Youth Group is meeting Wednesdaysfrom 6-7p.m. You dont want to miss out on allthe fun. Bring your friends for a great time withus!

K5 Kids ChoirpracticsWednesdays

at 5:30 p.m.Come lend yourvoice to ourwonderful choir,

then stay for the fun at K5 Kids! We lookforward to seeing you!

K5 Kids

FOOD ITEMS NEEDED FOR THE ANGEL TREEFAMILIES

This year, we (RMUMC) are going to focus onthe following 3 food items for the boxes weprepare for each Angel Tree Family:PEANUT BUTTER ANY SIZE JARS ARENEEDED SOME FAMILIES HAVE 4 OR 5CHILDREN

SOUP THINK SIMPLE VARIETIES (CHICKENNOODLE,VEGETABLE,POTATO, TOMATO)CANNED FRUIT PEACHES, PEARS,

FRUIT COCKTAIL,APPLE SAUCE(MULTI PACKS AREGREAT TOO)

Be watching for the envelopes we use tocollect money to purchase chickens or turkeysfor our Angel Families!You can sponsor the purchase of a Chicken for$5 or the purchase of a Turkey for $10Just to give you anidea we usedover 100 chickensand 45 turkeys in2013!

Food Drive

With school back insession we are sponsoringthe Middle School backpack program once again.This vital program sendsbackpacks lled with foodhome each weekend withstudents in need. Itemsshould be easily opened

and consumed by a child(nothing requiring a can opener). Smallcontainers and single-servings are helpful, aswell. I was hungry, and you gave mefood. (Matthew 25:35)


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A Note on Stewardship and Finances

I would like to take this opportunity to share with you about our nances.

First of all, thank you again for your generous contributions. It is truly a blessing to be a part ofsuch a giving congregation!

Unfortunately, we continue to face some very high expenses, and we are still trying to recoverfrom unexpected costs earlier in the year. Due to these unforeseen expenses, through the 3rdquarter of this year we have spent $7,637 more than we have deposited. It is a challenge at timesto manage our cash ow, but through the grace of God and your oerings it always works out.

Our church will face some upcoming nancial challenges as well. In the near future we would liketo advertise more about the church and new pastor, and we need to repair or replace our Church

signs. We pray for Gods guidance and ask that you please continue, or consider and increase, inyour giving.

Again, we want to thank you for your commitment to Gods work at Russell Memorial UnitedMethodist Church. If you have questions about any of the information provided, please do nothesitate to contact me at (903) 873-2693 or [email protected], or you can contact JackieCockerham at the church oce.

In His Service,Frosty TunnellChair, Stewardship Committee

Many hands working hard toprepare a wonderful mealfor our auction.


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Our Presence and Our Gifts

Sept. 21

Sept. 28

Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19

the early service 44 62 48 48 66Sunday School 94 90 82 96 90Traditional Worship 118 107 93 125 101

$7,021.50 $2,650.36 $8,619.74 $5,815.00 $3,494.00

Dates to Remember!

11-1, 8:30 a.m. Day of Visioning

11-

3, 6:30 p.m. Special Finance Meeting

11-15, 10:00 a.m. Charge Conference FUMCCanton

11-22, 11:00 a.m. Neighbor to Neighbor11-23, NO POTLUCK!!, 12:00 p.m. Hanging of theGreens, 6:00 p.m. Community Service, FirstBaptist Church

11-30, 12:00 p.m. Potluck/Hand Bell Concert

November Worship Assistants

Altar Guild: Fritz Gilbreth (Chair), Theresa Turner, KathleenBobbitt, Lucy Hill, Nelda Currie

Ushers: Carolyn Hawkins (Head), Denny McCormick, MackWaller, Mike Roddy

CalendarofEventsforNovember

Happy Birthday!

Fritz Gilbreth 11-2

Joe Hess

11-3

Elizabeth Blasingame 11-5Shirley Reed 11-6Arthur Galope, Jr. 11-7Maggie McDonald 11-8Taylor Hulsey 11-8Marlene Jordan 11-14Judy Powers 11-16Vic Jordan 11-19Sharon Blazer 11-20Kathryn Kulwicki 11-21

Je Aston

11-

22

Marilyn Roddy 11-23

Lynn Rowe 11-24Erin Galope 11-26

Kelly Miracle

11-27

Community Outreach Program

Neighbor to Neighbor Lunch

11 am-1pm

Fourth Saturday of each monthDeen Building -George Hall

OPEN TO ANYONEWHO CHOOSES TO COME

Please contact Gerda David fordetails (214-538-0192).

November


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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1Day of Visioning

8:30am-1:00pm

2 All Saints Day8:30 am Early

Service

9:45am Sunday

School

11:00am Worship

310:00 am Prayer

Group

6:00pm Trustees

6:30pm Special

Meeting of the

Finance Commit-tee

46:45pm Cub

Scouts

55:30pm K5 Kids

Choir

6:00pm K5 Kids

and Youth

6:00pm Bells

7:30pm SanctuaryChoir

64:15pm Girl Scouts

7Rotary

8

Supper Club

9 UMW Sunday8:30 am Early

Service

9:45 am SundaySchool

11:00 am Worship

1010:00 am Prayer

Group

6:00pm Finance

1111:00am

Veterans Day

Lunch6:45pm Bee

Keepers

6:45pm CubScouts

12Birthday Girls5:30pm K5 Kids

Choir

6:00pm K5 Kidsand Youth

6:00pm Bells


13 14Rotary

1510:00am Charge

Conference FUMC

Canton

167:30am UMM

Breakfast

8:30 am EarlyService

9:45 am Sunday

School11:00 am Worship

2:00pm Crestwood

1710:00 am Prayer

Group

6:30pm DaySchool

186:30pm Tuesday

Evening Bible

Study6:45pm Cub

Scouts

195:30pm K5 Kids

Choir

6:00pm K5 Kidsand Youth

6:00pm Bells


20MDS Thanksgiving

Feast

4:15pm Girl Scouts

21Rotary

22

Neighbor to

NeighborLunch 11 am1pm

23

8:30am Early

Service

9:45 am SundaySchool

11:00 am Worship

12:00pm Hanging

of the Greens

6:00pm Communi-

ty Service FBC

30

8:30 am EarlyService

9:45 am Sunday

School11:00 am Worship

12:00pm Potluck/

Bell Choir Concert

24

10:00am Prayer

Group

25 26 27Thanksgiving

28 29


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maybe a bit nervous) about the sermon we were about to experience.When I noticed that the text for his sermon was from the fourth chapter of Exodus, my mind

began to make connections.

The early chapters of Exodus begin to describe the life of Moses and his God-given role in bringingthe Hebrew people out of bondage in Egypt. On Mt. Horeb, Moses encounters God through aburning bush, and receives the call to participate in God's mission. Like most of us, Moses feelsfearful and inadequate to meet the challenge. He needs armation, which God provides in aninteresting fashion. God asks Moses, "What is that in your hand?" Moses replies, "A sta." Godthen tells Moses to throw it on the ground. Do you remember what happened? It became aserpent. What happens next is the real fulcrum of these verses. To use the paraphrase of Rev.Forren, God tells Moses to grab that snake! I don't know about you, but this is where God runs ahigh risk of losing me. It is one thing for me to stand at a safe distance and be awestruck by thepower of God. It is quite another thing for God to say, "step up close, stretch out your hand and

grasp this powerful creation of mine." We are not told how Moses felt at that moment. We aretold that he was obedient, and the snake turned into a sta in his hand.

We don't have to strain to see the meaning of this interaction, nor to gain the application itprovides for our own faith journey. God was not showing o for Moses; God was showing Moseswhat could happen if Moses would oer to God that which was in his hand. The New AmericanStandard Bible makes the statement even more obvious. Simply remove the narrator'scommentary in verse four and you are left with a complete statement by God: "Stretch out yourhand and grasp it by its tail...that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the Godof Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you." Could God dosomething powerful through Moses, that the world may know the glory of God? Absolutely! It wasnever an issue of God's ability. It was an issue of Moses' willingness.

I don't think there is anything especially relevant about Moses having a sta as opposed to anyother object. Moses was doing the work of a shepherd; what else would be in his hand? Themeaning lies in the command of God to oer what was in Moses' hand so it could be empoweredby God, and then to take it up so that God's purpose may be accomplished through him. I believeGod asks each of us just what he asked Moses. What is that in your hand? At the moment youmight say, "a newsletter" or "my handheld device on which I am reading my newsletter." If that isyour answer, you may have slightly missed the point. The "sta" in our hand represents the thingswe can oer for God's work: time, talents, resources, etc. And the simple reality is that we all havesomethingin our hand. And that "something" can be transformed into a testimony to God's powerwhen it is placed in faith before God.

What is in your hand? Place it in God's presence to be used for His glory, and get ready to grab thatsnake!

Grace and peace,Pastor Dave

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Remember in Prayer:

Bennie ScottBilly Bobbitt

Billy Bruster

Bo & Maxine CloptonBret WorthamConnie Watsons DadConnor MitchellChris CagleDavid CartwrightDennis BashamDon HollisterEd WinnerEe Phillips

Garrett MatlockGary Keller

Ginger & Joe HessGrace KosubMethodist Church (RMUMC)

Hannah WrightJack ClarkJane WebberJerry Hollister

Jerry Bell

John EyersJohn & Meredith NeilJoni TunnellJulie (Hess) MaricalKen & Rosa DavisLondell GreenMargaret ButlerMimi MilesNoreen MorleyNorma Hundley

Our Armed Forces, AmericaOur World

Phil LooneyPreston BunchRick Lutzinger

Rhonda MorrowSandra & Mark BrownStudents & TeachersTheresa Turner

Tom Richardson

Windy Howard

Memorials

In memory of Joyce Miller

given by Judy and Lenna Powers.

In memory of Rev. Bill Lacygiven by F.G. & Becky Hardy.

Russell Memorials very ownVanna! Thank you, CathyWilcoxson, you did a wonderful job!


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The Russell Report

Russell Memorial United Methodist ChurchA Family Rooted in Christ and Reaching Out in Love

201 S. Fourth StreetP. O. Box 335Wills Point, TX 75169

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Wills Point, TX

Rev. David Cartwright, Pastor Dr. Bob Gilbreth, Music DirectorNancy McDonald, Oce Administrator Fritz Gilbreth, OrganistTheresa Turner, Ladies Hand Bells Director Mary Keller, K5 Kids CoordinatorDenise Ross, Pianist Jackie Cockerham, Financial Administrator

Oce Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday

Join us Sunday Morning!Contemporary Worship @ 8:30 Sunday School @ 9:45 Traditional Worship @ 11:00

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